tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762107274389650601.post5035622500084469021..comments2024-02-23T03:46:42.310-05:00Comments on JO ON FOOD, LIFE AND A SCENT OF CHOCOLATE: Rain, Programme Conflict, Book, SalamandersJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762107274389650601.post-22575390800192010602008-07-12T08:27:00.000-04:002008-07-12T08:27:00.000-04:00No Marilyn, I didn't know people ate salamanders. ...No Marilyn, I didn't know people ate salamanders. I cannot imagine it. However, I guess if you are hungry enough.... An English friend of mine actually tried fried cockroach which I personally wouldn't go near. To me they are the most revolting insects.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762107274389650601.post-54478741210479013592008-07-12T08:11:00.000-04:002008-07-12T08:11:00.000-04:00Jo - Cross-Atlantic mail do take a while these day...Jo - Cross-Atlantic mail do take a while these days.<BR/><BR/>Salamanders aren't exactly my favourite reptiles. Do you know in some areas of the world people *eat* them!<BR/><BR/>A Hollywood star came to Paris once and her chauffeur told me that she ate nothing but green beans. I won't name her, but she was married to one of Hollywood's tough guys and she's now living with a guy who's years her junior.<BR/>MarilynMarilyn Z. Tomlinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03393948791752045902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762107274389650601.post-39558983666702163562008-07-11T17:50:00.000-04:002008-07-11T17:50:00.000-04:00LOL! :DLOL! :Dhrugaarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621922879300266376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762107274389650601.post-24373044621027446092008-07-11T15:37:00.000-04:002008-07-11T15:37:00.000-04:00I don't know how they sent it, I think they usuall...I don't know how they sent it, I think they usually send by airmail but I don't know. They claim 14 days to the US, so it should be about the same here.<BR/><BR/>Yes I am aware of what sod it means in the UK, it used to cause us much hilarity when we first emigrated. There is a local sod firm and one winter they had their trucks lined up in such a way that you could see the sign on all of them at once, so it was a continuous row of sods. I tried to take a pic but my camera of the time wouldn't handle the job. Pity, it would have amused all my English friends.<BR/><BR/>Over here, we buy properties with fully sodded lots.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762107274389650601.post-46866252109111669402008-07-11T11:38:00.000-04:002008-07-11T11:38:00.000-04:00Did your English booksellers send the book by airm...Did your English booksellers send the book by airmail or surface mail? If surface mail, then the post office won't even think of chasing it until at least twelve weeks after posting date. (It <I>should</I> have been sent by airmail, and certainly should have arrived by now.)<BR/><BR/><I>Sod it</I> has another meaning here. :Dhrugaarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621922879300266376noreply@blogger.com